Smaller, shorter Christmas celebrations recommended for the UK by Johnson

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing on coronavirus in Downing Street (PA)

People should “think hard” before meeting family and friends over the festive period, Boris Johnson said as he urged people to have a “merry little Christmas”.

The British prime minister said a “smaller Christmas is going to be a safer Christmas” and also suggested people should cut short their celebrations rather than enjoy the maximum permitted five days in a festive bubble.